事業 (じぎょう) Japanese meaning

事業 (じぎょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

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ビジネスN2sense 1
ビジネス is a loanword for general commercial activity, while 事業 is the more formal Japanese term that can also cover non-profit or public undertakings.
プロジェクトN2sense 2
プロジェクト is a loanword emphasizing a specific planned task with a start and end, while 事業 can describe an ongoing large-scale undertaking, often public or social.
企き業ぎょうN3sense 1
企業 names the company or corporation itself, whereas 事業 refers to the business activity or operation it carries out.
計けい画かくN4sense 2
計画 focuses on the plan or scheme itself, while 事業 refers to the actual undertaking or program being carried out.

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商しょう売ばいN3sense 1
商売 is a more everyday, trade-focused word for buying and selling, while 事業 is broader and more formal, covering large-scale operations too.
エンタープライズ
事業 refers more broadly to any business undertaking or venture, whereas エンタープライズ specifically evokes the loanword sense of a company or entrepreneurial enterprise.
営えい業ぎょうN4
事業 refers to an enterprise or undertaking as a whole (often large-scale, like a project or industry), while 営業 refers to the ongoing act of running or selling within a business.

作さ業ぎょうN3
作業 sounds similar to 事業 but means physical or manual work/task, not a business or large-scale project.
授じゅ業ぎょうN5
授業 sounds very close to 事業 but means a class or lesson at school, unrelated to business or projects.
実じつ業ぎょう
事業 (an enterprise or undertaking, which can be non-profit or public) sounds similar to 実業 but is broader and less tied to commercial profit-making.

事じ業ぎょう主ぬし
business owner; entrepreneur · employer
事じ業ぎょう体たい
business entity; business unit
事じ業ぎょう化か
industrialization; turning into a business · commercialization; making commercially viable

Compound of 事 (thing, matter) and 業 (work, profession). The combination conveys the idea of a purposeful undertaking or business activity.